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so the pentagon is looking into what areas it could cut from maintenance on warships to military base operations. last friday the pentagon announced layoffs for 46,000 contract and temporary civilian employees. 46,000. so if chuck hagel makes it through this mine field of senate confirmation questions, he'll inherit another challenge which is how to manage and advocate on behalf of a gigantic government department that believes it has been reduced to scrounging for change. joining me tonight to talk about this is fred kaplan, fred is the author of a terrific new book about general petraeus called "the insuragainst." fred. thank for joining me. >> thank you. >> jennifer: what could we do to cut defense spending that would still leave us prepared for future conflicts? in light of the sequester, et cetera, what do we need to do -- how do we need to focus the cuts. >> on the see questation this was a deal that congress made. everybody would be faced with the same pressure. the defense budget is going to be cut quite a bit no matter what happens because of the fiscal pressures and the fact
so the pentagon is looking into what areas it could cut from maintenance on warships to military base operations. last friday the pentagon announced layoffs for 46,000 contract and temporary civilian employees. 46,000. so if chuck hagel makes it through this mine field of senate confirmation questions, he'll inherit another challenge which is how to manage and advocate on behalf of a gigantic government department that believes it has been reduced to scrounging for change. joining me tonight to...
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but it's not only the pentagon that will be hit hit. jobs could be lost even as far down as local businesses surrounding the pentagon. so in the d.c. maryland, virginia area there could be a significant impact on the local economy. >> michael: you know, as i listen to you say these things i think about the fact that chuck hagel fought so hard for this job, and i can't imagine who would want this job. does this defense budget that he's going to walk into need any major overall now that the wars in iraq and afghanistan are winding down and the president has cited cybersecurity as a new priority? >> absolutely. that's chuck hagel's first line of business. that's the first thing he'll have to do when he wakes up in the morning deal with sequester. as the troops come back from afghanistan the pentagon budget was going to be decreased already. but sequester cuts are significant on top of that. >> michael: and do you expect hagel, and we all expect him to pare down the defense budget. how do you expect him to do it? here is a guy with a histor
but it's not only the pentagon that will be hit hit. jobs could be lost even as far down as local businesses surrounding the pentagon. so in the d.c. maryland, virginia area there could be a significant impact on the local economy. >> michael: you know, as i listen to you say these things i think about the fact that chuck hagel fought so hard for this job, and i can't imagine who would want this job. does this defense budget that he's going to walk into need any major overall now that the...
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i didn't read the story but you mean that was leaked out of the pentagon? >> this is a devastating security breach. >> will the me ask you this. what about it, what is are they going to do it i would start at the top and fire some people. whatever department came out i'd fire the top guy. >> michael: he's talking about melvin laird, the secretary of defense at the time. james, you said that when it comes to national security and handling the press obama is worse than nixon. obama has indicted six people for security leaks. is what makes him worse than nixon? >> he's getting close to being worse than nixon. overall, but in this area he is worse than nixon. nixon indicted only one person and that was the first person ever so inindicted. and then there were two more since obama came in. and a total of three is all we've ever had in this country. what obama has done, he has indicted six. he's head 6-3. but the three encompasses three and the six from obama. he's worse than nixon. >> michael: there is not an american president alive who would like to be compared
i didn't read the story but you mean that was leaked out of the pentagon? >> this is a devastating security breach. >> will the me ask you this. what about it, what is are they going to do it i would start at the top and fire some people. whatever department came out i'd fire the top guy. >> michael: he's talking about melvin laird, the secretary of defense at the time. james, you said that when it comes to national security and handling the press obama is worse than nixon....
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they were complaining about we're supposed to protect these guys protect the government, protect the pentagon, and you broke the rules michael but actually telling us what they are actually doing. >> i think there was jealousy over the fact that he was courageous enough to break the rules that he was one of the rare, real journalists left in this country. aside from knowing him personally and being shocked by this news and devastated by this news, i feel bad for the american people because of the fact that they're not -- they lost a real journalist in this country. he would tell what you you didn't want to hear, but you needed to hear it. cenk: how many are left? right now is glenn greenwold and he is under a barrage of crist six. >> and the same lap dog journalists going after michael are going after glenn greenwold. we'll come right back. ç] cenk: all right, back on "the young turks." let's give you the rest of the news. in brazil, hundreds of thousands protested their government. it's interesting. these protests that have spread to so many cities in brazil, overall, about 240,000 people s
they were complaining about we're supposed to protect these guys protect the government, protect the pentagon, and you broke the rules michael but actually telling us what they are actually doing. >> i think there was jealousy over the fact that he was courageous enough to break the rules that he was one of the rare, real journalists left in this country. aside from knowing him personally and being shocked by this news and devastated by this news, i feel bad for the american people...
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there are many, many ways we can save money with defense in our pentagon budget, and never even touch anything that would affect our troops and their benefits and their families or national defense. nothing is off of the table and we have to under that defense can't be off of the table. we have to keep defense on the table as part of the negotiations as we move forward. i cannot accept a plan that's going to cut domestic spending by 8%. but i can look at a plan that looks at waste fraud and abuse cuts in the pentagon that will create jobs in our country and invest in infrastructure, education, healthcare rather than investing in cold war-era weapons systems that are now obsolete. >> jennifer: i hope they listen to you. barbara lee joining us. thank you for joining us. up next, leon panetta calls suicide in this country an epidemic, and the numbers bear them out. but in the gun safety debate numbers don't change things, people do. kim's husband jim was a casualty of that crisis. she's joining us next with her story. i think the number one thing that viewers like about the young turks i
there are many, many ways we can save money with defense in our pentagon budget, and never even touch anything that would affect our troops and their benefits and their families or national defense. nothing is off of the table and we have to under that defense can't be off of the table. we have to keep defense on the table as part of the negotiations as we move forward. i cannot accept a plan that's going to cut domestic spending by 8%. but i can look at a plan that looks at waste fraud and...
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they are going to want tours of the pentagon. chuck hagel is going to have a list of people who stabbed him in the back. right? >> right. they stabbed him in the front, i think. >> you are right. >> no screatus here yeah. thighs guys will -- i think that he probably sitting at how many today and over the president's day recess will be relishing the opportunity in the future should he have it to get these guys crawling back to him begging for help if there are base closures, contracts being handed out, and they will need to work with him in the future. and that's actually like a real problem for some members of congress in their future relationship with chuck hagel. buck mcian, connell out straight against chuck hagel and say, i don't like this. the president should choose another nominee. how are they going to work together in the future in he's already made his opposition so clear? >> bill: one other way that seems to me this could backfire. i love your take on this. some day, even i have to admit as a yellow-dog democrat. some
they are going to want tours of the pentagon. chuck hagel is going to have a list of people who stabbed him in the back. right? >> right. they stabbed him in the front, i think. >> you are right. >> no screatus here yeah. thighs guys will -- i think that he probably sitting at how many today and over the president's day recess will be relishing the opportunity in the future should he have it to get these guys crawling back to him begging for help if there are base closures,...
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tim back to the pentagon for a second. i read -- one other impact -- the harry s truman was headed for the persian gulf i believe, and still in -- >> still in dock. >> bill: right. >> this is a huge development, actually because it's an aircraft carrier, and usually in the persian gulf, the u.s. maintains two aircraft carrier groups. and we're talking about a strike force that supports a number of ships. and we're looking at a symbol of american power. you can't look further than to say the aircraft is the ability for the united states to send humanitarian aid send strike targets overseas, and it is stuck in the persian gulf. >> bill: so we're already seeing a lesson in military readiness, right? >> i think that is arguable. usually there are two out there. >> bill: so we're half prepared. all right. out of time but good stuff. tim mak come back and we'll talk more later. >> all right. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." commercials? those types are coming on to me all the time now. (vo) she gets the comedians lau
tim back to the pentagon for a second. i read -- one other impact -- the harry s truman was headed for the persian gulf i believe, and still in -- >> still in dock. >> bill: right. >> this is a huge development, actually because it's an aircraft carrier, and usually in the persian gulf, the u.s. maintains two aircraft carrier groups. and we're talking about a strike force that supports a number of ships. and we're looking at a symbol of american power. you can't look further...
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half of them in the pentagon. the pentagon yesterday said okay, you want to this happen? here's what you got. you have a decline in military readiness for the united states. that's already started because ships that should have been deployed to the mediterranean have not been deployed because operations and maintenance on militaryaire craft has been postponed or delayed. that's really smart. they're going to cut back on training so new forces to replace existing forces in afghanistan or iraq, for example. they're just not going to be ready to be deployed. and the pentagon said maybe most striking of all we have already sent out word to 800,000 civilian employees of the pentagon around the world. most of them in this country. a lot of them here in washington, d.c. and in northern virginia. sent word out that they're going to be furloughed which means in the beginning, they will have to cut back one day a week without pay. that's a 20% cut in their pay. one little example... i was told yesterday that if the sequester kicks in, for example there will be no easter egg roll at
half of them in the pentagon. the pentagon yesterday said okay, you want to this happen? here's what you got. you have a decline in military readiness for the united states. that's already started because ships that should have been deployed to the mediterranean have not been deployed because operations and maintenance on militaryaire craft has been postponed or delayed. that's really smart. they're going to cut back on training so new forces to replace existing forces in afghanistan or iraq,...
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i was crazy 15 years ago to tell people they were taking baby's blood at birth to put it in a dna pentagon database. that was declassified three years ago. look how much we put up with, man. look how far it's gone. >> they also take the blood to make sure if you have disease later that you can help the baby. it's not a conspiracy. >> no, no, the the cover story was that we send it away to the health department, the cover was that. the hospital could have done it right there. i know. that's the cover. come out they put it in the database. they always have multi facetted reasons. listen, don't you have kids. >> cenk: yes, i do. >> deep down you know we're doing into tyranny and we're in trouble. if we don't recognize how tyranny works you go down hill slow for a while and then it drops. we're hitting the drop-off point. i believe everything i'm saying. i got the research to back this up, and i wish every day that i was wrong or that i was exaggerating to myself. nine times out of ten when i do research, it's worse than i said. >> cenk: look, it's a fascinating discussion we had. i think we'r
i was crazy 15 years ago to tell people they were taking baby's blood at birth to put it in a dna pentagon database. that was declassified three years ago. look how much we put up with, man. look how far it's gone. >> they also take the blood to make sure if you have disease later that you can help the baby. it's not a conspiracy. >> no, no, the the cover story was that we send it away to the health department, the cover was that. the hospital could have done it right there. i know....
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pentagon set to lift ban on women in combat. lynn sweet is the washington bureau chief for the "chicago sun times" in studio this hour as a "friend of bill." lynn as joe biden would say this is a bfd. >> it is. long overdue. it is recognition that many women are -- it is not official but they're doing combat. and i know we'll be talking about representative tammy duckworth who is a freshman lawmaker but who is a wounded iraq war vet who certainly sacrificed in combat so let's make it official. and i think the point is you still have -- you still have to fit certain standards. if a man or woman doesn't fit a standard they can't do the job. >> bill: right. if there is a reason you can't have somebody who's not strong enough to do a certain job, then they won't do it. just like you have certain men who won't be doing certain jobs if they're not strong enough and i think it's long overdue. >> bill: it has been pointed out some 20,000 women -- because it is sometimes impossible, you never know where combat is going to occur. the 20,0
pentagon set to lift ban on women in combat. lynn sweet is the washington bureau chief for the "chicago sun times" in studio this hour as a "friend of bill." lynn as joe biden would say this is a bfd. >> it is. long overdue. it is recognition that many women are -- it is not official but they're doing combat. and i know we'll be talking about representative tammy duckworth who is a freshman lawmaker but who is a wounded iraq war vet who certainly sacrificed in combat...
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thing is the hypocrisy that he was going after there is hardly a day that went by when he was with the pentagon, white house, nsa when somebody wasn't complaining about how the chinese were hacking into american circuits and so forth and stealing information. when all along the u.s. had i think basically a far more aggressive operation going than what the chinese have against us. we have a whole cybercommand that is using cyberto destroy things which is the center fuges. >> john: and i'm sure that neither side was surprised by these revelations but i want to move on to your latest articles where you write about the current nsa director general keith alexander. where does alexander stand in the spell against hierarchy and what changes has he overseen in the nsa since he took command. >> i've never seen anyone ride so high in the intelligence community before. i think general alexander the head of nsa's most powerful person in the haste history of american intelligence, and the reason for that is because he not only controls the biggest intelligence and most secret intelligence agency in the nsa.
thing is the hypocrisy that he was going after there is hardly a day that went by when he was with the pentagon, white house, nsa when somebody wasn't complaining about how the chinese were hacking into american circuits and so forth and stealing information. when all along the u.s. had i think basically a far more aggressive operation going than what the chinese have against us. we have a whole cybercommand that is using cyberto destroy things which is the center fuges. >> john: and i'm...
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he's the one who leaked the pentagon papers. >> our country, sad to say is the country that perpetrated the crimes that bradley manning exposeed. i think other countries have noticed something. not too many americans have noticed that manning was an extraordinary american who went on record and acted on his aware awareness and it is wrong for us to be killing foreigners. he was not doing it only for american citizens although i'll come back to that in a moment. i think he saved american lives but he was concerned that the people of the world should be informed of the way as he put t the first world of the west, he said, treats the third world. >> cenk: all right, let me bring back our panel. chris moody from yahoo, we have david cay johnston and joe williams. first of all if he's in prison for this, and he has already been in prison for three years but one of the possible sentences is a life sentence, is this a huge problem for all reporters in the country, you know, if you make available information that one of the things the prosecutors saily ben laden could seen it and did see it. if
he's the one who leaked the pentagon papers. >> our country, sad to say is the country that perpetrated the crimes that bradley manning exposeed. i think other countries have noticed something. not too many americans have noticed that manning was an extraordinary american who went on record and acted on his aware awareness and it is wrong for us to be killing foreigners. he was not doing it only for american citizens although i'll come back to that in a moment. i think he saved american...
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. >> michael: i'mture chuck hagel would like one of those pentagon-brewed beers. let's talk about hagel. he is calling for cuts to the defense budget. republicans have just skewed him with it. and how will he do with that? >> there is some concern in how chuck hagel will work with those on capitol hill. you have heard the chairman of the house armed services committee say he doesn't want chuck hagel to be confirmed. he think president obama needs to put up someone new. but it is likely he will be confirmed in a very hostile, tense environment where he is working in the constraints of the military. >> michael: and you can see it happening. juana summers defense reporter for "politico." thanks for being in "the war room." >> thank you. >> michael: up next, when last we left the meddling koch brothers their scheme to overtake democracy has been foiled. but they were bound to pop up again in the next season. stick around. you would rather deal with ahmadinejad than me. >>absolutely. >> and so would mitt romney. (vo) she's joy behar. >>and the best part is that current
. >> michael: i'mture chuck hagel would like one of those pentagon-brewed beers. let's talk about hagel. he is calling for cuts to the defense budget. republicans have just skewed him with it. and how will he do with that? >> there is some concern in how chuck hagel will work with those on capitol hill. you have heard the chairman of the house armed services committee say he doesn't want chuck hagel to be confirmed. he think president obama needs to put up someone new. but it is...
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the pentagon announced it will integrate women in front line combat positions. tell me how you feel about the seals being enter grated. >> i outan article about this when it was discussed months ago. my--let's just say for the purpose to answer the question. field training is the toughest. let's say it is. do i think women can get through our training program? 100%. when i talk to somebody about our training program it depends on what is in your heart and your head. it's a mental game to get there it. the physical game is there. >> michael: let me remind you that i couldn't get through day one. >> we can talk about that off line. i honestly think the brotherhood, that thing that you just mentioned is the only hesitation reservation that i have. it's not an on just. let's just take it slow. the gentlemen that i am around, my bride i'm around, the regular world is not the person i am in the seal team. it is an spartan aggressive, hard place. we bathe jours ourselves in of a advantagery to--ourselves in savagery to get the job done. i have no doubt that women can d
the pentagon announced it will integrate women in front line combat positions. tell me how you feel about the seals being enter grated. >> i outan article about this when it was discussed months ago. my--let's just say for the purpose to answer the question. field training is the toughest. let's say it is. do i think women can get through our training program? 100%. when i talk to somebody about our training program it depends on what is in your heart and your head. it's a mental game to...
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they're going to let this happen to the pentagon? >> i think a lot of the very defense hawks are saying no, we cannot let this happen to the pentagon but the general consensus -- not the general -- >> bill: the tea partiers more. >> broad ranging part of the republican conference and congress is saying we don't want these cuts. if they're avoidable that's great. but if it's -- we're not going to accept tax increase to be able to do it. if it has to happen, then they have to happen. >> bill: that would be -- so friday, march 1. you said something interesting that at least for maybe a few days. so what's that all about? >> i think it is similar to what you saw with the fiscal cliff. i think we technically did tip over the fiscal cliff because we passed december 31st. there having been no deal. i don't know if there's sort of a pressure that once you start to see the economic effects and the air-traffic controllers having trouble doing their job or the fbi agents who are furloughed, i don't know if those effects would product congress t
they're going to let this happen to the pentagon? >> i think a lot of the very defense hawks are saying no, we cannot let this happen to the pentagon but the general consensus -- not the general -- >> bill: the tea partiers more. >> broad ranging part of the republican conference and congress is saying we don't want these cuts. if they're avoidable that's great. but if it's -- we're not going to accept tax increase to be able to do it. if it has to happen, then they have to...
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pentagon. it's not going to be sustainable for them. >> bill: the center for american progress has a lot of ties to the white house. so you're going to be live blogging tonight. what does that mean? >> he's going to say something and we're going to provide the context. he's going to say we've reduced spending. we're going to have the numbers that debt has fallen by $4.5 trillion by 2010. not only the speech. we'll be doing the rebuttal. marco rubio's rebuttal. the english part of it we'll push back upon. check out think progress this morning. we're going to have a video put together. you know, you heard a lot during the republican national convention of i'm a child of immigrants. my grandmother came to this country. my great-grandparents. we're going to have a compilation. rubio is going to talk about immigration. of all of these republicans during the election touting their immigrant roots. touting those connections. are they going to stand in the way of comprehensive immigration reform. when
pentagon. it's not going to be sustainable for them. >> bill: the center for american progress has a lot of ties to the white house. so you're going to be live blogging tonight. what does that mean? >> he's going to say something and we're going to provide the context. he's going to say we've reduced spending. we're going to have the numbers that debt has fallen by $4.5 trillion by 2010. not only the speech. we'll be doing the rebuttal. marco rubio's rebuttal. the english part of it...
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the pentagon estimated some 26,000 cases of unwanted sexual act in the military last year. a portion of a bridge collapsed last night sending two cars plunging into the river below. this is north of seattle. authorities say a tractor trailer hit the overhead of the bridge and caused it to collapse. this particular bridge was inspected twice last year and did require and receive repairs. it has been classified by the federal highway administration and functionally opsol leet meaning while it is not structurally unstable it is outdated. the bridge received a 57 out of 100 when inspected in november of 2012, and the american society of civil engineers give washington state bridges a c-minus overall. president obama is always asking for more stimulus money to invest in our infrastructure. we're back after the break. those types are coming on to me all the time now. >> she gets the comedians laughing... >> that's hilarious! >> ...and the thinkers thinking. >> okay, so there's wiggle-room in the ten commandments is what you're telling me. >> you would rather deal with ahmadinejad
the pentagon estimated some 26,000 cases of unwanted sexual act in the military last year. a portion of a bridge collapsed last night sending two cars plunging into the river below. this is north of seattle. authorities say a tractor trailer hit the overhead of the bridge and caused it to collapse. this particular bridge was inspected twice last year and did require and receive repairs. it has been classified by the federal highway administration and functionally opsol leet meaning while it is...
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apparently brennan wants to put them under pentagon control. who knows if that is true but there are three things i was shocked the democrats didn't bring up. and it's three questions that every president obama ditto head has to respond to. i don't like criticizing this but let's be honestly about a couple of things. number 1, the word imminent how that no longer means imminent and it means we think you might do something 20s years from now and that makes you an imminent threat and we have to kill you with with no trial. no. 2 is militant. any male over the age of 16 whose near where one of these bombs goes off is counted as a militant whether they were or not. toe try to talk al-qaeda guys. >> that's how they keep the civilian death tolls low. it's a dirt dirty business. number 3, blowback, what no democrat asked about is every time we kill an america hater with one of these things we are creating untold numbers of new. so it's person pet y'all war. >> i would add a high informed -- highly placed. we don't know who that is. who is making this
apparently brennan wants to put them under pentagon control. who knows if that is true but there are three things i was shocked the democrats didn't bring up. and it's three questions that every president obama ditto head has to respond to. i don't like criticizing this but let's be honestly about a couple of things. number 1, the word imminent how that no longer means imminent and it means we think you might do something 20s years from now and that makes you an imminent threat and we have to...
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and military readiness and what that will mean. >> he is at the pentagon now moments away from being sworn in. it could be kathleen seb i will sibilius. chuck hagel has my money. i will be there. if it's not chuck hagel, i will walk out. >> in protest? >> yeah. we wanted hagel. what's going on? >> quick story, public policy poling who we know ppp polled. they did a very, very important study, bill. they polled democrats and republicans to find out who their favorite fried chicken restaurant was. and they put it up against kfc. >> yeah. >> and chick-fil-a. >> popeye's. >> they just put it betweenthies two. i am with you. i say popeye's. popeye's keeps it real but kfc and democrats. democrats perform kfc while 48% of republicans chose chick-fil-a. >> of course. they are homophobic anti-marriage equality. >> exactly. what i found even more interesting out of this pole pole se /* /* poll, 43% of republicans say the nasty it al y'all food restaurant is quote a quality source of authenticethnic food. 43% of republicans say olive guardn is a quality source of was ethnic food. >> that's like
and military readiness and what that will mean. >> he is at the pentagon now moments away from being sworn in. it could be kathleen seb i will sibilius. chuck hagel has my money. i will be there. if it's not chuck hagel, i will walk out. >> in protest? >> yeah. we wanted hagel. what's going on? >> quick story, public policy poling who we know ppp polled. they did a very, very important study, bill. they polled democrats and republicans to find out who their favorite...
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reporter can bark around the edges of the pentagon all they want but unless somebody gives them a piece of information that they wouldn't normally be privy to, it just doesn't exist. to me, we'll always need whistle-blowers. that's why we need strong whistle-blower protection. the problem with the snowden situation is he's both a whistle-blower and a leaker. my note to him would be -- i think many people's was stop while you're ahead. say the stuff that whistle blow all you want but once you start leaking and going by the way they also had this program that was going on. that's not illegal. as a matter of fact, most americans are kind of okay with that. there might be some hard-liners on both sides who are against it but there is a legitimate national interest in maintaining some of those things. you can't just talk about them as if they're on the same level because you know what it does? it actually waters down the prism program. you start talking about other stuff as if they're on the same playing field people go well, that i'm for. maybe i'm not against this as much as i thought. tha
reporter can bark around the edges of the pentagon all they want but unless somebody gives them a piece of information that they wouldn't normally be privy to, it just doesn't exist. to me, we'll always need whistle-blowers. that's why we need strong whistle-blower protection. the problem with the snowden situation is he's both a whistle-blower and a leaker. my note to him would be -- i think many people's was stop while you're ahead. say the stuff that whistle blow all you want but once you...
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according to a new report by the pentagon. the science board did not accuse the chinese of stealing the designs but senior military and industry officials make knowledge to say the vast majority of the widening campaign of espionage against u.s. defense contractors and government agencies. we're not saying stealing. don't call in your markers. >> shouldn't be concerned. but when i did walk out of seeing the avengers in china they were handing out dvds. you could buy them on the street of all of the schematics for our planes. >> stephanie: we're not saying stealing. that's kind of harsh. please don't call in the iru. >> hal: here is the odd part. in line with the a.p. scandal the rosen story at fox news and the a.p. story, you know, i've had a discussion about this on my own radio show but the idea is that there is a difference between whistle-blower and just leaking facts. in this case, it is like the american people have the right to know. guess what. if they know, if we know some of these things, everybody knows. and in the
according to a new report by the pentagon. the science board did not accuse the chinese of stealing the designs but senior military and industry officials make knowledge to say the vast majority of the widening campaign of espionage against u.s. defense contractors and government agencies. we're not saying stealing. don't call in your markers. >> shouldn't be concerned. but when i did walk out of seeing the avengers in china they were handing out dvds. you could buy them on the street of...
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i talked to someone in the pentagon yesterday who has spent years working about this i.e.d. problem who said the problem with these things, you know there are so many household items you could pull together to make one of these things, it's very hard to track. though what's interesting about the pressure cookers is that that's blen very common in afghanistan. much more so than anywhere else. pressure cookers are a household item. >> they have been used? >> very frequently. >> i never heard that? >> the taliban according to the pentagon, that's where that type of device has shown up the most in recent years. pakistan and afghanistan. and some suggest we actually we the united states, taught them how to do that back in the 1980s when we were training the moujaduin to fight the so far yes, it is. you could stick one of these things nam backpack walk down the street and conseal it quite easily. >> bill: i don't know whether there is any connection or not. >> that's my question yesterday on top of this. here in -- we were the old anthrax-laden letters being sent tonight members o
i talked to someone in the pentagon yesterday who has spent years working about this i.e.d. problem who said the problem with these things, you know there are so many household items you could pull together to make one of these things, it's very hard to track. though what's interesting about the pressure cookers is that that's blen very common in afghanistan. much more so than anywhere else. pressure cookers are a household item. >> they have been used? >> very frequently. >>...
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. >>> the pentagon meanwhile offering limited support to french troops as they continue to fight islamic militants in mali. transport planes are helping move men and gear into the west african country but officials insist the american footprint on the ground will stay small. france also asking for help refueling its warplanes but president obama has not yet made a decision on whether he will authorize the use of u.s. aerial tankers. he's asking for more information from france on its overall plans. the fear is that more u.s. involvement could endanger american personnel and facilities in the region if we come to be seen as a cocombatant in that conflict. then back here at home, national rifle association chief wayne lapierrre is keeping up his combative stance with president obama, now attacking the inaugural address. in a speech in reno last night lapierrre accused the president of attacking supporters of the second amendment saying universal background checks are good for two things, either taxing gun owners or taking their guns away. we're back after the break. commercials? those type
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headquarters or in the pentagon with the joystick, killing targets overseas, qualify for a medal of honor. >> really surreal world. >> bill: it is isn't it? >> the air force has these bases in colorado are like a field of trailers or container -- boxes. and these guys, they have normal lives with wives and kids at home and they drive in the office and get in one of the bunkers, sit behind a computer and spy on them and sometimes kill people in the tribal areas of pakistan or afghanistan. it is a really bizarre situation. >> bill: then go home and barbecue chicken for the kids. >> there is a situation comedy brewing in there somewhere. a tv show. >> bill: how did it go at the office today hon? well, i killed five. no. it really troubles me. so many aspects of it. we've talked a lot about president obama's state of the union. i want to get to that with you. and about marco rubio's response, particularly the water bottle. nobody is talking about poor rand paul. there was a third state of the union, right? it was given on behalf of the tea party. michele bachmann i think did it last year. >>
headquarters or in the pentagon with the joystick, killing targets overseas, qualify for a medal of honor. >> really surreal world. >> bill: it is isn't it? >> the air force has these bases in colorado are like a field of trailers or container -- boxes. and these guys, they have normal lives with wives and kids at home and they drive in the office and get in one of the bunkers, sit behind a computer and spy on them and sometimes kill people in the tribal areas of pakistan or...
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for example, i saw the other day where the pentagon, they are not going to -- they are not doing their furloughs. the way they thought they were going to do. >> i have spoken to people in virginia who have received their furlough notices. >> it wasn't the pentagon then? one agency that was going to furlough and they decided, well we found some money. >> some of that is happening. it's unpredictable. everything that has been happening like we didn't know it was going to happen like that. people are going to have money, families in village and elsewhere are reorganizing their budgets. people are being laid off. we did a story last week. there is this nuclear waste site in washington where we made -- >> leaking to the river? >> we have plutonium there. we could blow people up and win the cold war. and now there are 15 million gallons of nuclear sludge leaking into the ground and there are 9,000 people who work there to clean it up. so we have laid off a couple of hundred of them now. we have furloughed another 2,000. >> which means more stuff leaking into the environment? right? >> right.
for example, i saw the other day where the pentagon, they are not going to -- they are not doing their furloughs. the way they thought they were going to do. >> i have spoken to people in virginia who have received their furlough notices. >> it wasn't the pentagon then? one agency that was going to furlough and they decided, well we found some money. >> some of that is happening. it's unpredictable. everything that has been happening like we didn't know it was going to happen...
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>> bill: didn't bill clinton promise monica a job at the pentagon? >> gosh, i don't remember what the promises were for that. >> bill: how long have you lived in new york? >> about five years. >> bill: do you think new yorkers are ready to give anthony weiner yet a third chance or this may be one time too many? >> after this one, i don't know. it's like -- it is the lying thing is going to be tough to overcome because you know, he was very strong personality. lot of people like that. promote himself as a fighter. he didn't really do a lot. but he was on tv making noise and i think people were really excited about that coming back. i was excited about it coming back. i think he was going to tone things down if it was successful again. but now you know, i haven't seen any of the instant polls yet. it doesn't seem good. >> bill: the important point here is there are other good -- from a democratic progressive point of view at any rate, there are other good candidates. de blasio, quinn. >> i kind of had a feeling that quinn was going to kind of like pull
>> bill: didn't bill clinton promise monica a job at the pentagon? >> gosh, i don't remember what the promises were for that. >> bill: how long have you lived in new york? >> about five years. >> bill: do you think new yorkers are ready to give anthony weiner yet a third chance or this may be one time too many? >> after this one, i don't know. it's like -- it is the lying thing is going to be tough to overcome because you know, he was very strong personality....
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i'm waiting for somebody in the senate or congress to come up and say we have to restore the pentagon spending because you know, all of this is happening and we need more money for the pentagon. >> we need another icbm. >> don't let a tragedy go to waste, you know. >> stephanie: exactly. thank you, corky. appreciate it. all right. this is one of the bombing victims in boston yesterday. >> there are people who have lost their lives or have lost limbs. so i'm very fortunate. i wish everybody else the best. >> stephanie: again, a lot of -- a lot of heroes along with -- always the best and the worst, these things bring out. the other big story people don't know if it is connected or not is the ricin letter, an envelope addressed to robert wicker in mississippi. tested positive for ricin. potential poison. authorities have a suspect. it was from an individual who frequently writes to lawmakers. it doesn't seem connected but who knows you know. >> what is he advocating that would make someone want to poison him? >> stephanie: i don't know. he's a conservative republican from mississippi. >>
i'm waiting for somebody in the senate or congress to come up and say we have to restore the pentagon spending because you know, all of this is happening and we need more money for the pentagon. >> we need another icbm. >> don't let a tragedy go to waste, you know. >> stephanie: exactly. thank you, corky. appreciate it. all right. this is one of the bombing victims in boston yesterday. >> there are people who have lost their lives or have lost limbs. so i'm very...
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the size of the pentagon is bigger than 90 countries gdp. so but again so yes there's definitely smart savings that you can do there. again, i would go back to the afghanistan expenditure $2 billion a week we're spending over there. no one thinks we're going to have a combat mission after 2014. so you know, that's money that we're not going to be spending. and so really, the opportunities are there to avoid again by the way, the bipartisan policy center, "new york times" yesterday, said a million jobs will be lost if sequestration goes through. cbo says 1.4. >> bill: congressman, a lot of battles to fight. we're glad you're there fighting them for us. thanks for coming in this morning. >> thanks, bill. >> bill: see you soon. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." (vo) current tv gets the converstion started next. >> i'm a slutty bob hope. >> you are. >> the troops love me. the sweatshirt is nice and all but i could use a golden lasso. (vo) only on current tv. >> announcer: on your radio and on current tv, this is the "bill press show."
the size of the pentagon is bigger than 90 countries gdp. so but again so yes there's definitely smart savings that you can do there. again, i would go back to the afghanistan expenditure $2 billion a week we're spending over there. no one thinks we're going to have a combat mission after 2014. so you know, that's money that we're not going to be spending. and so really, the opportunities are there to avoid again by the way, the bipartisan policy center, "new york times" yesterday,...
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half of the $85 billion comes from the pentagon the other half from various other government agencies. cbo says the sequester would slow our economy. the white house has just released a new photograph of the president signing a letter a child sent him after the shooting in newtown connecticut. the photo was taken backstage right after the president announced his 23 new executive actions. former secretary of state madeline all bright says the administration's use of drones has been very effective in killing terrorists. she said the issue came up during her tenure in relation to the war in kosowo. she adds the issue has gotten more complicated and warrants a hearty public debate. we're back with more after the break. ♪ and legal acceptance, a new pioneer is emerging from the backwoods. >> i'm basically like a farmer. instead of corn, you've got dope. (vo) but what is legal and what is criminal? >> this is, no matter what you do, a violation of federal law. (vo) follow real farmers staking their claim on a new frontier. >> lots of terrible things happen to people growing marijuana. >>
half of the $85 billion comes from the pentagon the other half from various other government agencies. cbo says the sequester would slow our economy. the white house has just released a new photograph of the president signing a letter a child sent him after the shooting in newtown connecticut. the photo was taken backstage right after the president announced his 23 new executive actions. former secretary of state madeline all bright says the administration's use of drones has been very...
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they were at the pentagon before the wall collapsed. >> stephanie: wow. laura ingraham or as we call her, number 17. [ laughter ] >> stop it! >> the public is still against what obama care is doing to the healthcare system. i think paul ryan sees that even in some democrat states, they're seeing what's going to happen in a state like massachusetts. i think ryan thinks he has some philosophical space to move in there. and again a lot of reasons why he's putting that in there. >> stephanie: i see. even though the american people -- she's wrong. the american people voted for it. >> what paul ryan? >> what bubble does she live in? >> stephanie: why didn't he just put in farting unicorns? glittered farting unicorns. that ain't gonna happen either. >> or glitter farting rafalca. >> rafalca is no longer with us. >> stephanie: "the stephanie miller show" does not have any information on the whereabouts of rafalca. >> maybe they're passing her off as calamari. >> stephanie: campaign prop. glue now. what? >> it lost as badly as mitt romney did. >> worse. >> stephan
they were at the pentagon before the wall collapsed. >> stephanie: wow. laura ingraham or as we call her, number 17. [ laughter ] >> stop it! >> the public is still against what obama care is doing to the healthcare system. i think paul ryan sees that even in some democrat states, they're seeing what's going to happen in a state like massachusetts. i think ryan thinks he has some philosophical space to move in there. and again a lot of reasons why he's putting that in there....
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>> but ellsburg said had he done the pentagon papers now, he would be put in jail forever under obama much like bradley manning is. >> caller: well, i would just like to caution everyone not to run to the barricade for this snowden guy, because his actions do not indicate he is patriot on hero. >> stephanie: yeah someone made the lee miserables yesterday. >> yeah something is weird. it's almost like a limited hangout or something. >> something is going to come out, and it will fall into place, but until then -- >> stephanie: something doesn't smell right. exactly. mary in texas. hi mary. >> caller: listen, spying isn't new in america. they have been doing this for years, anybody they want to check on. all they have to do is issue an order, and you can hear everything. >> right. >> stephanie: yep. yep. >> caller: and it's not about -- the guy is clearly wrong for what he did, and no, he's not a patriot. he doesn't love his country so much he wants the people to know. everything that is done these days is done to make the president look bad. >> i don't know that he is doing that. i don'
>> but ellsburg said had he done the pentagon papers now, he would be put in jail forever under obama much like bradley manning is. >> caller: well, i would just like to caution everyone not to run to the barricade for this snowden guy, because his actions do not indicate he is patriot on hero. >> stephanie: yeah someone made the lee miserables yesterday. >> yeah something is weird. it's almost like a limited hangout or something. >> something is going to come out,...
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so mitch mcconnell's office actually sent a letter to the pentagon requesting information about this special program including in the letter a link to the duffel blog post. >> stephanie: hilarious. >> yes, he was following up to find out whether or not president obama was giving benefits to get-mo prisoners. >> stephanie: we were talking about this yesterday how do these things get into the right-wing world when you are hearing questions about -- >> hillary clinton: turkey? >> right. and here is how it happens. republicans were so far behind the eight ball when it comes to technology. i did not realize that that digital divide included google. >> stephanie: right. [♪ "world news tonight" theme ♪] >> stephanie: you have got to hear -- at writer explained this how he inadvertently created the myth that chuck hagel spoke to a nonexistent hamas group. >> exactly. and then they dig their heels in. basically what happened this guy dan friedman wrote -- he was trying to get out of his sources for stories, and he was joking around with the republican senate aide. he is like did he get mo
so mitch mcconnell's office actually sent a letter to the pentagon requesting information about this special program including in the letter a link to the duffel blog post. >> stephanie: hilarious. >> yes, he was following up to find out whether or not president obama was giving benefits to get-mo prisoners. >> stephanie: we were talking about this yesterday how do these things get into the right-wing world when you are hearing questions about -- >> hillary clinton:...
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this was not imposed on them by any civilians in the pentagon or the white house. the joint chiefs recommended it because women are already in combat. let's start paying the ones who are in combat, what they deserve >> it is not like every woman in the military will be in combat. you've got to earn it. there's going to be tests. i mean come on, they're not just going to send people out there who aren't qualified. we don't have time to talk about hillary's testimony on the hill last week. just the floodgates of right wing misogyny that that opened up. preview of what's to come, i think. >> john: i think you're right eric. they had eight years of hating her as first lady. 12 years of loving her as a senator and secretary of state and now they're looking at 2016, they're going to hate her all over again to hurt her so chris christie, who they also hate, can become president. one more thing about the women in combat. there's so many men in the military who aren't fit for combat. there were so many women who are ready for combat and haven't been allowed to serve. i want
this was not imposed on them by any civilians in the pentagon or the white house. the joint chiefs recommended it because women are already in combat. let's start paying the ones who are in combat, what they deserve >> it is not like every woman in the military will be in combat. you've got to earn it. there's going to be tests. i mean come on, they're not just going to send people out there who aren't qualified. we don't have time to talk about hillary's testimony on the hill last week....
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my question is when we look at the war in afghanistan right and when the pentagon -- here's what the war costs. and here's how we break it down. so much for tanks. so much for bullets. so much for food for the troops. so much for you know, armored weapons, carriers, whatever, then so much for bribes to karzai. how much was that little ticket item? and what did we get for it? >> you know, you have to -- >> bill: this guy slams us every time he turns around. >> remember when he was going to join the taliban? >> bill: seriously what do we get for all of that money? >> nothing actually. he's going to be out soon and the question is what's going to replace him? >> bill: he will be a rich man, too with a villa in the south of france. that we bought. >> i'm not defending bribes to karzai but you have to wonder like they must have had a pretty good reason to do it. they didn't pay him because they liked him. >> bill: i think they thought they had a good reason. he used that to pay off the warlords who are now some of them, not cooperating if not killing our troops. unbelievable. >> there are
my question is when we look at the war in afghanistan right and when the pentagon -- here's what the war costs. and here's how we break it down. so much for tanks. so much for bullets. so much for food for the troops. so much for you know, armored weapons, carriers, whatever, then so much for bribes to karzai. how much was that little ticket item? and what did we get for it? >> you know, you have to -- >> bill: this guy slams us every time he turns around. >> remember when he...
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he leaked an enormous amount -- someone made the analogy if they leaked the pentagon papers and all of our troop movements in vietnam. there's such a volume of stuff that you can't just say it's okay. anyway -- >> he should have hired an editor. >> stephanie: there you go. anyway, bob writes not always fully informed is a bit of an understatement. earlier that day, i posted an article documenting the top ten most inaccurate and exaggerated claims made by agenda journalists covering the nsa beat. but he talks about in a new bombshell article in "the guardian" posted on friday, the article -- he just says the article sensationalistic headline makes it appear as if the story has reached new levels of unconstitutional egregiousness. you can read, i'm not going to go point by point but i would give him a read at the daily banter and see what your opinion is. he just says "the guardian"'s reporting not only undermines the debate with wild sensationalism but represents a dark chapter in the development of digital journalism which tweets and traffic about journalistic integrity. again, you kno
he leaked an enormous amount -- someone made the analogy if they leaked the pentagon papers and all of our troop movements in vietnam. there's such a volume of stuff that you can't just say it's okay. anyway -- >> he should have hired an editor. >> stephanie: there you go. anyway, bob writes not always fully informed is a bit of an understatement. earlier that day, i posted an article documenting the top ten most inaccurate and exaggerated claims made by agenda journalists covering...
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hundreds of thousands of americans who serve their country, border patrol, fine civilians who work at the pentagon all will suffer significant pay cuts and furloughs. all of this will cause a ripple effect throughout our economy. layoffs and pay cuts means people have less money in their pockets, and less money to spending at local businesses. the longer these cuts remain in place, the greater the damage to our economy. so economists are estimating that we could see growth cut by over one-half of 1%. it will cost about 750,000 jobs at a time when we should be growing jobs more quickly, so every time we get a piece of economic news over the next month, next two months, next six months, as long as the sequester is in place, we'll know that economic news could have been better if congress had not failed to act. let's be clear. none of this is necessary. it's happening because of a choice that republicans in congress have made. >> uh-huh. >> obama: they have aloud these cuts to happen because they refuse to budge on closing a single wasteful loophole to help reduce the deficit. as recently as yesterda
hundreds of thousands of americans who serve their country, border patrol, fine civilians who work at the pentagon all will suffer significant pay cuts and furloughs. all of this will cause a ripple effect throughout our economy. layoffs and pay cuts means people have less money in their pockets, and less money to spending at local businesses. the longer these cuts remain in place, the greater the damage to our economy. so economists are estimating that we could see growth cut by over one-half...
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and he was -- he didn't take it to the "new york times" pentagon paper style, he took it to wikileaks, not part of our let's say internal news workings our protected first amendment crowd, you know what i mean? is that part of it? >> there's a lot in there. >> yeah. >> my understanding was he tried to take it to the "new york times" and "washington post" first before he went to wikileaks. wikileaks is a whole new ball game. all of a suddenly enthusiastic first amendment warriors are jumping behind rosen and leaving manning alone. but it's a very naughty problem and it is going to get naughtier because of the technology. >> k-n-o-t. >> exactly. >> that's part of the stretch how manning was treated early on, has clouded the substance of whether or not the case has a state of what he leaked and to whom. rosen wasn't mistreated at all, if anything he is being touted as a first amendment warrior. that imbalance i think is the biggest issue here. and whether or not we are going to get a shell shield law -- >> we are not going to get a shield law. no politician is going to vote for a shield
and he was -- he didn't take it to the "new york times" pentagon paper style, he took it to wikileaks, not part of our let's say internal news workings our protected first amendment crowd, you know what i mean? is that part of it? >> there's a lot in there. >> yeah. >> my understanding was he tried to take it to the "new york times" and "washington post" first before he went to wikileaks. wikileaks is a whole new ball game. all of a suddenly...
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and now republicans controlling the house move to ease the cuts to the pentagon. giving agencies more flexibility -- blah blah blah. i don't understand this is not the way we normally govern america. you don't get to just make up your own plan. >> no. >> i don't even think it is going to work. i really believe the whole game is just keep fighting. just create chaos. and that's the goal, and then they don't -- after that, who cares. >> stephanie: yeah. the house measure denies money sought to immriment stuff like the health care law and financial regulations. just the stuff they don't like. it's like kids pulling out the vegetables they don't like. >> hiding the carrots -- >> stephanie: right. i used to throw the peas under the bench that i sat on. >> obama: it is an area of deep concern. i think everybody knows where i stand on this issue. we're going to manage it the best we can to try to minimize the effects on american families. >> stephanie: and then homeland security secretary. >> we are already seeing the big airports for example. some had very long lines. >
and now republicans controlling the house move to ease the cuts to the pentagon. giving agencies more flexibility -- blah blah blah. i don't understand this is not the way we normally govern america. you don't get to just make up your own plan. >> no. >> i don't even think it is going to work. i really believe the whole game is just keep fighting. just create chaos. and that's the goal, and then they don't -- after that, who cares. >> stephanie: yeah. the house measure denies...
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substitutes, new recruits, new blad to -- blood to iraq and afghanistan, new troops over there, the pentagon has had to delay those. what did the congress do? nothing. the navy has said they couldn't deploy ships to the middle east. what did the congress do? nothing. but people get caught in these flight delays flying from here to new york, and the senate acts in one day, and guess what the house is going to act today before they go home for their next ten-daybreak, and so we're going to have a special little exemption for flight delays a special little exemption for the faa, and the house with is supporting it. i think this is a horrible idea. 866-55-press. number one i think it makes a joke of the sequester. so the sequester isn't really that serious after all, i guess, if you can keep carving out special exserveemptionxemptions. why would the white house go along with this? they allow an exemption for air traffic controllers. who is next, farmers? small business people maybe? i don't know. you could make the argument with cities with less than a million people or less than 500,000 maybe g
substitutes, new recruits, new blad to -- blood to iraq and afghanistan, new troops over there, the pentagon has had to delay those. what did the congress do? nothing. the navy has said they couldn't deploy ships to the middle east. what did the congress do? nothing. but people get caught in these flight delays flying from here to new york, and the senate acts in one day, and guess what the house is going to act today before they go home for their next ten-daybreak, and so we're going to have a...
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we don't slash that chicken's head off and do a pentagon in the middle of time square. new yorkers don't quit. >> stephanie: that's what we do. we don't quit. [♪breaking news theme] >> stephanie: speaking of sex where do you come down on the shirley jones and joan collins orgy stories. shirley jones is insisting that joan collins exinsisted on a foursome. the story is being pulled from the book. last night, shirley and her current husband were defiant saying they don't care what deal joan reached with simon and shuster, she is sticking to her story. >> who cares. >> stephanie: katie perry was rumored to be dating robert pattenson, the twilight guy. >> he sparkles. >> stephanie: right. he was rumored to be romantic linked to the hunk, but she is adamant they have a sibling-like relationship, because she farts in front of him. >> huh? >> stephanie: here is proof there was never anything going on, i fart in front of him. and i never fart in front of anyone i'm dating. and that's a rule. there was something on facebook about i only fart to keep you warm under the covers,
we don't slash that chicken's head off and do a pentagon in the middle of time square. new yorkers don't quit. >> stephanie: that's what we do. we don't quit. [♪breaking news theme] >> stephanie: speaking of sex where do you come down on the shirley jones and joan collins orgy stories. shirley jones is insisting that joan collins exinsisted on a foursome. the story is being pulled from the book. last night, shirley and her current husband were defiant saying they don't care what...
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the pentagon released a study estimating that 26,000 people in the military were sexually assaulted. only 3,374 sexual assault report reports came in last year. suggesting that many sexual assault victims continue not to report crimes for fear of retribution. >> yeah. >> stephanie: and then a free sexual assault on top of that. >> there is a way you can make all of this go away -- >> stephanie: he was arrested -- >> for sexual assault. >> stephanie: yeah. the president yesterday. >> obama: i don't want just more speeches or -- awareness programs or training but ultimately folks look the other way. we find out somebody is engaging in this stuff, they have got to be held accountable, prosecuted stripped of their positions, court-martialed, fired, dishonorably discharged. period. it's not acceptable. >> stephanie: yeah senator jill brand, said -- she was like -- she was this close to yelling. let me get this straight! so she addressed michael donnelly and said the continued pattern of sexual assault of women and to a lesser degree men, she would like to replace the current system offed
the pentagon released a study estimating that 26,000 people in the military were sexually assaulted. only 3,374 sexual assault report reports came in last year. suggesting that many sexual assault victims continue not to report crimes for fear of retribution. >> yeah. >> stephanie: and then a free sexual assault on top of that. >> there is a way you can make all of this go away -- >> stephanie: he was arrested -- >> for sexual assault. >> stephanie: yeah. the...
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would help the poor or middle class, emts getting laid off they didn't respond to the furloughs for pentagon employees. no. but white house tours, oh my god, right? or now flight delays. oh, my god. the sky is falling. the sky is falling. some republicans have come forward and said they want to sponsor legislation which would carve out an exemption to the sequesters just for airlines just for passengers who happen to be flying that day. you know what? no freakin' way. no way. why should they get any special treatment? see the problem is -- and i wrote a whole column about this. "huffington post" identifyied some 200 real life cuts real pain from real people from the sequester for people that live outside of the beltway, but you didn't hear any whining and gnashing of teeth until the sequester started being felt inside the beltway. how? especially flight delays because these people fly a lot, and members of congress fly home every weekend. so suddenly they want to create an exemption. harry reid majority leader, has proposed that maybe we could have a -- use money that we've saved now from dr
would help the poor or middle class, emts getting laid off they didn't respond to the furloughs for pentagon employees. no. but white house tours, oh my god, right? or now flight delays. oh, my god. the sky is falling. the sky is falling. some republicans have come forward and said they want to sponsor legislation which would carve out an exemption to the sequesters just for airlines just for passengers who happen to be flying that day. you know what? no freakin' way. no way. why should they...
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it gave flexibility to the pentagon, but put the domestic programs in handcuffs, so they couldn't use discretion to figure out how best to mitigate the pain of these cuts. that will be acted on in the senate, and it will probably come back from the senate as a less-bad bill. but on the other hand we're not going to have a budget that makes lot of sense, and in addition to the grinding down of the middle class, that's what the substance of this budget fundamentally does. what is really disgraceful about the process is we have allowed this sequester that 100% of the members of congress are against to go into effect. even if you are for cuts you want some discretion on how to do it. so this is a meat axe approach. so the congress are putting their vote on the line item of what they want to cut. >> stephanie: is there any relief from the sequestration? >> the only way we're going to get relief is through in effect a grand bargain, and the president is reaching out now. he has been criticizes from the house and senate and he had that nice dinner at the jefferson hotel, and made nice with t
it gave flexibility to the pentagon, but put the domestic programs in handcuffs, so they couldn't use discretion to figure out how best to mitigate the pain of these cuts. that will be acted on in the senate, and it will probably come back from the senate as a less-bad bill. but on the other hand we're not going to have a budget that makes lot of sense, and in addition to the grinding down of the middle class, that's what the substance of this budget fundamentally does. what is really...
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he signed a memorandum to the pentagon's top personnel office extending benefits to service members. he's on honoring the sacrifices of all military families, extending those benefits is an appropriate step to assure all service members receive equal support for what they do to protect this nation. >> a friend of mine on facebook said that he is now very happy that he can put his partner on his health insurance. stephanie: that would be equal. >> yeah. stephanie: sounds like an equal benefit, equal right. stephanie: you don't f. with marines. stephanie: not the wrong one. if you [bleep] with the wrong one, he will presumably rip your head off and down your neck. >> and my friend could. stephanie: right. kobe bryant, not cool with homophobia. there's something new. he tweeted just letting you know using your guy as a way to put someone down is not cool. delete that from your vocabulary. apparently he has learned a thing or two from 2011 when he was find for calling a referee a [bleep], 2f. words in a row, one the gay man. >> and one the f. word. >> i guess as he's say evolved. [ ♪ m
he signed a memorandum to the pentagon's top personnel office extending benefits to service members. he's on honoring the sacrifices of all military families, extending those benefits is an appropriate step to assure all service members receive equal support for what they do to protect this nation. >> a friend of mine on facebook said that he is now very happy that he can put his partner on his health insurance. stephanie: that would be equal. >> yeah. stephanie: sounds like an...
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. >> stephanie: but jim--we were talking yesterday about the pentagon papers. that's just a totally different thing in my opinion. he quote as poll which i haven't seen that americans now have positive views of snowden despite all the demonization. 55% say snowden was a whistle blower and 34% say he's a traitor. >> i'm just talking like he knew this was going to happen when he did this. >> sure, right. >> i mean, i could knot--what do you pack? you know? i'm never coming back here, what do i want to bring? >> daniel ellsberg stayed in the country, but that was a different world. >> stephanie: the war on winning winning--women. ♪ world news music >> the war on winning? it's called losing. >> stephanie: no, it really is frightening what they're doing state by state with abortion stuff. texas, the house voted to give final approval to give abortion restrictions in texas. and house in north carolina house republicans pushing legislation that restrict abortion acts say attaching the measure to a motorcycle safety bill, and it passed in committee. >> oh, it's so in
. >> stephanie: but jim--we were talking yesterday about the pentagon papers. that's just a totally different thing in my opinion. he quote as poll which i haven't seen that americans now have positive views of snowden despite all the demonization. 55% say snowden was a whistle blower and 34% say he's a traitor. >> i'm just talking like he knew this was going to happen when he did this. >> sure, right. >> i mean, i could knot--what do you pack? you know? i'm never coming...
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modest spending cuts at the pentagon, she said what president obama is doing is something that american's enemies, the taliban, al qaeda have been unable to do which is decimate the fighting capable of this nation. >> whatever! >> stephanie: she is also one of those fantastic people who likes to deny the existence of climate change whenever it snows. this is at the core of what plagues the republican party today. it seems indisputable the republican party is heading towards a reckoning, when decent people take their party back from those like liz cheney who think compromise is akin to -- as alan simpson said. liz cheney is the last shot of tequila before one blacks out. here she is again. >> instead of cutting deals, we should be opposing them every step of the way. >> stephanie: right, more obstructionism. that's what is missing. >> can you think of anyone with less collegiality than liz cheney. >> stephanie: my friend said she is nasty as her daddy. >> yeah. >> stephanie: the other republican senator from wyoming. >> mike ensy has a strong conservative record of fighting for the people
modest spending cuts at the pentagon, she said what president obama is doing is something that american's enemies, the taliban, al qaeda have been unable to do which is decimate the fighting capable of this nation. >> whatever! >> stephanie: she is also one of those fantastic people who likes to deny the existence of climate change whenever it snows. this is at the core of what plagues the republican party today. it seems indisputable the republican party is heading towards a...
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chuck hagel was sworn in this morning at a private ceremony at the pentagon. he is planning to address department employees later today. the full senate confirmed hagel yesterday and he released a statement saying that he is incredibly honored to be tasked with heading up the department of defense and he plans to work closely with congress to protect this great nation and to make sure we maintain the world's strongest military. >> first lady michelle obama is on the move the next couple of days to continue to promote the third anniversary of her let's move program. you may remember that she teamed up with big bird to release a couple of public service announcements last week urging kids to eat better and exercise more. i like the excuse to show big bird dancing again. today she travels to clinton mississippi where child obesity is down 13% from 2005. state officials attribute much of the change to a 2007 law that required more p.e. in schools and better food on cafeteria menus. >>> the first lady championed a federal law mandating healthier school meals and ou
chuck hagel was sworn in this morning at a private ceremony at the pentagon. he is planning to address department employees later today. the full senate confirmed hagel yesterday and he released a statement saying that he is incredibly honored to be tasked with heading up the department of defense and he plans to work closely with congress to protect this great nation and to make sure we maintain the world's strongest military. >> first lady michelle obama is on the move the next couple...
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instead of across-the-board cuts, he shows in which programs we should be cutting including the pentagon. but doing so in a smart way which is the only way to really run a budget. that's a good part of the president's budget. president's budget includes following through on something that he talked about. remember in the state of the union. which is universal preschool. president promised and said we should -- and i couldn't agree more. as a priority, as a nation, every american child from the age of 4 up, should have access to preschool not just those families who are lucky enough to be able to afford it. and the president has that in his budget. he pays for it by a pretty hefty increase in the federal tax on cigarettes which should jump up almost double to $1.95 per pack of cigarettes. now, that would mean, of course, because of price elasticity, that fewer people would be smoking cigarettes but they've already factored that in and even with fewer people smoking because of the higher price that would still pay for universal preschool. the president's budget also includes the buffett ru
instead of across-the-board cuts, he shows in which programs we should be cutting including the pentagon. but doing so in a smart way which is the only way to really run a budget. that's a good part of the president's budget. president's budget includes following through on something that he talked about. remember in the state of the union. which is universal preschool. president promised and said we should -- and i couldn't agree more. as a priority, as a nation, every american child from the...